Principal / Associate Geotechnical Engineer
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We are currently looking for an Associate Geotechnical Engineer, to lead our South West regional SDF framework within the highways sector. Ideally based locally within the region at our Bristol, Exeter or Truro offices. This role is available on either a full-time or a part-time basis.
A little more about your role…
- Lead and support the development and delivery of asset management strategies, providing optimal solutions covering; lifecycle value, risk mitigation, and alignment with organisational and client objectives.
- Managing, motivating, mentoring and developing professional staff.
- Effectively managing and delivering project work with robust project financial management.
- Assisting in the management of team resources and allocation of appropriate project resources.
- Providing support in all aspects of project delivery including client liaison, contractors and sub consultants, public and statutory body consultation, quality control and management of specialists.
- The development of professional and technically competent reports and liaison with specialists and clients predominantly within the highways sector, making use of efficient working practices to provide industry leading, best value services.
What we will be looking for you to demonstrate…
- Chartered or near chartered professional qualification.
- Working knowledge of Eurocode 7 and UK annex design codes, ground investigation and construction contracts and specifications including a working knowledge of Design Manual for Roads and Bridges CD622 and CS641.
- Experience in managing the interface with National Highway’s “Safety, Engineering & Standards” and operations and maintenance teams.
- Technical expertise in geotechnical engineering with a demonstrable understanding of the underlying principles.
- Basic design skills for the commonly adopted retaining wall, foundation and slope stabilisation solutions
- Consultancy experience with demonstrably good commercial awareness and relationships with clients & contractors within the highways sector.
- Experience in the delivery of geotechnical projects, including preparing reports to a high technical level.
- An understanding of client requirements and the ability to influence contract specifications.
- Experience of being part of or leading delivery teams that are effective in delivering short to medium term projects from inception to construction.
- Excellent report-writing and client liaison skills.
- Proven previous experience of undertaking and managing: geotechnical desk studies; designing, procuring & supervising Ground Investigations (GIs); checking Ground Investigation Reports & Geotechnical Design Reports in accordance with the requirements of Eurocode 7 : Part 1.
- Familiarity and an ability to interrogate a wide range of geotechnical software for the design of civil engineering projects including deep and shallow foundations (including pile group analysis), embedded and gravity retaining walls, earthworks/slope stability and reinforced earthworks.
- The skills to check and critically evaluate the work done by others, be it drawings, calculations or reports, and have a proven track record of doing so.
Don’t quite meet all the criteria? Apply, and we can see how your experience aligns to this role and other opportunities within the team
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